Monday, March 11, 2013
A Medicare database shows how hospitals across the Twin Cities—and the nation—compare for care.
If you go to the Fairview Southdale emergency department, it’ll take nearly an hour on average before you’re seen by a health care professional. On the other hand, those who go to North Memorial will be seen in less than 15 minutes. Those results can be seen in a new tool called Hospital Compare that lets people examine key measures of efficiency for 4,000 Medicare hospitals across the country. “With precious little fanfare, Uncle Sam last month rolled out a big, fat database with seven measures comparing a service that many people—healthcare providers and patients alike—consider the most critical any hospital can provide,” Cheryl Clark, senior quality editor for HealthLeaders Media, wrote Thursday. Data collected in 2011 and early 2012 …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The county is compiling a list of sites that meet Hennepin County Medical Center’s criteria for a new clinic that would open in 2014.
Hennepin County Medical Center is exploring the idea of putting a clinic in Hopkins, J. Michael Noonan, Hennepin County’s real estate division manager, told the City Council on Tuesday. The proposal is far from a done deal, but the county has started assembling potential sites in Hopkins that meet HCMC’s criteria. Hopkins is the health care network’s top choice for a new clinic location, Noonan said. The goal is to open a clinic in the western suburbs. HCMC plans a 7,000-square-foot to 10,000-square-foot primary care clinic. It would be similar to one of the clinics from Allina or Park Nicollet, he said. Such sites are not unknown to Hopkins. Park Nicollet closed a clinic on Eighth Avenue in 2009 as part of a consolidation effort prompted …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Select actions from the Feb. 28 County Board meeting.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
(The following news release came from Hennepin County.) County Board Actions includes summaries of only a portion of the total actions of the board, selected for general news interest. For complete information on all resolutions and actions by the board, see the information on the last page. Board approves $9.85 million in improvements for HCMC Pediatric ICU and Cancer Clinic The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved $9.85 million in capital improvements for Hennepin County Medical Center’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and the Cancer Clinic. While HCMC is independently governed by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., HHS bylaws require board approval of capital expenditures when a project cost is greater than 1 percent…
Fabuladico
5:03 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
This last year I visited two emergency rooms, one at Methodist, and one at HCMC. I went to both for the same problem within days of each other. At Methodist I was in a treatment room inside of ten minutes, and saw a doctor only a couple of minutes later. My previous visit a year earlier had much the same stats. On the other hand, my visit to HCMC was truly horrible. I waited more than an hour … more ›